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ears.—Whether there are any, and what marks, punctures, wounds, contusions, and ecchymoses, dislocations, or injuries, on the chest, abdomen, or in any other parts of the body; and whether their appearance and character lead to any conclusions respecting the nature of the operation or instrument by which they were inflicted.—Whether such wounds were necessarily of a mortal nature, or sufficiently severe to have caused immediate death.—What is their direction.—Whether they were inflicted during life—If during life, whether they resulted from an act of suicide or otherwise; whether from accident or design.—State of the linen and clothes of the deceased.—Whether torn, or in any way disordered.—Whether stained with blood.—Whether they yield the odour of spirit, sourness, putridity, or that of tobacco.—Whether any articles have been broken, or injured in the pockets.—Whether there is reason to believe that the deceased had been robbed.—What are contained in his pockets.—Whether any soil, or other matter adheres to the shoes, or dress; and if so, how far it corresponds with the surrounding soil or herbage.—Whether the hair of the deceased appears dishevelled.—If the deceased be a female, whether there be any marks or bruises that would indicate the commission of a rape.

2. Circumstances to be learnt by an examination of surrounding and collateral objects.

Whether the spot in question be of a description to explain the cause of the deceased having been found there; or how far its retired situation excites the suspicion of his having been conveyed thither for concealment, or some other purpose.

Character and condition of different objects surrounding the body.—If in the open country, whether any